This article describes how to restore a MS Exchange previously backed up by R1Soft CDP.

TipExchange 2010 no longer includes the concept of storage groups. In earlier versions of Exchange, one or more Exchange store databases can be grouped into a storage group, which can then be managed as a unit. Because storage groups were removed from Exchange Server 2010, a recovery database can be used.

CDP provides the ability to take a snapshot of the Microsoft Exchange. Since CDP is using the VSS Exchange writer, it ensures data integrity and consistency during the backup operation.

6. Once the files and folders are selected, click on "Restore Selected."

7. The "Restore Files" window will open.

8. Select the Agent where the MS Exchange is installed.

Specify to restore the files to an alternate location as we are later going to attach them to an Exchange Recovery Group.

9. Click "Restore."

10. You can view the Restore Task results in the "Task History."

11. In the "Task History" list, find the Task you want to view the summary for and click it. The "Summary" tab located on the bottom area accumulates general information about the task.

2. Using Eseutil to Replay Log Files

Once the files have been restored, it is time to run Eseutil to get the data files into a clean shutdown state so that they can be attached to a recovery storage group, and have the log files played into the backup.

On the Exchange server where the files were restored, open up the command prompt and change the directory to the location where you restored the .chk, .edb, and .ldf files. Operating inside of the directory, where the data and log files exist, eliminates misspelling and incorrect paths, etc.

For example, the files were restored to the c:\test directory, but since the original files were located under

8. Extract mailbox content from a restored database using the Restore-Mailbox command. The -RecoveryDatabase parameter specifies the recovery database from which you are restoring the mailbox. In the following example, we restore a "MargeSimpson" mailbox. More parameters for Restore-Mailbox can be found here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb125218.aspx

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Recovering mailbox content from mailbox 'Marge Simpson' in the recovery database 'RDB' to the mailbox for 'Marge Simpson (MargeSimpson@simpson.si)'. This operation may take a long time to complete.
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